ALLOY REPAIR - REPAIR

Alloy Repair

restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"

Fix or mend (a thing suffering from damage or a fault)

Make good (such damage) by fixing or repairing it

a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"

alloy

debase: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

Mix (metals) to make an alloy

admixture: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

Debase (something) by adding something inferior

a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"

Making of the Low Melting Alloy 1

Here is how I made the low melting alloy consisting of the following:

52.5% Bismuth
31.0% Lead
15.5% Tin
1.0% Antimony

The melting point once these components are mixed together should be around 100-95 C. My lead already came as itself a 3% Antimony alloy, so my formula is different from the published 32% lead version with its melting point at 95 C.

So here is my wooden mold, bismuth, tin, and lead in their proper proportions, plus paraffin for use as flux.

The lead was from tire weights I find along the side of the road, the bismuth and tin are both sold as environmentally-friendly lead substitutes for fishing weights and such at sporting good places or Targets and Wal-Marts in the appropriate sections. Unfortunately those metals are a bit pricey.

Alloy Orchestra Sounds

Alloy Orchestra providing an original score and narrative sound to the silent films at New Sounds Live program at the World Financial Center.